The increasing demand of air transport, for domestic flight in Kuabang Kao Airport
North Halmahera led to the airport is experiencing overload capacity, thus
encouraging the development of a new design for the airport with a larger aircraft.
The airport is planned to construc runway, taxiway and, apron that adequate to
accommodate the largest reference plane and aircraft movements.
The purpose of this study is to design the geometry of Kuabang Kao Airport. The
airport before only serve the ATR 72-600. In order to develop the airport capacity
by using the Boeing 737-800 as the basic aircraft reference. The first step of this
design is to calculate the dimension of runway and taxiway’s geometrics by
following the guidance provided by International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Then, design the dimensions
of the apron is taken to understand if it can serve the estimated aircraft movement.
The study shows that the runway should be designed into 2818 x 45 meter square,
the stopway dimension is 90 x 45 meter square and, runway strip is 3028 x 150
meter square. Based on the taxiway, the design is grouped as two types, which is
the entrance taxiway and exit taxiway. And the taxiway width is 15 meters. And
also, the apron dimension should be 215 x 64 meter square. By this design, airport
is sufficient to serve the Boeing 737-800.